Mr. and Mrs.!!

I wish that I could adequately express to all of you how much fun this weekend was. and a 5 day weekend at that- Thursday through Monday full of nothing but pure bliss and fun with my family and HUSBAND! :) We are soooo very blessed to have all of you in our lives. Each one of you are so very special to us. I thank God SO MUCH that He has blessed us with you! Thank you for wanting to be a part of our big day. Wow, I'm amazed by how blessed we are!

I hope that all of you are ready for some pictures because there are some highlights that need to be made from this wonderful weekend!

Started out Thursday around noon K's grandma and mom came in town and the four of us went out to eat before K had to go to work ... you will never guess where we decided to feast... Chick-fil-A!! Niiice ha! K then left from there to go to work and the ladies and I came back to the house where they set up a beautiful table and iced a gorgeous cake for us!! Everything was so beautiful and just made the whole event complete! Here is a picture of the final decorations on the table: (They also had 2 toasting flutes and bottles of wine from Arkansas that were dressed up as bride and groom)

(See the bottles on the left? So cute!)

They soon took off for a relaxing evening at their hotel and shortly after that Sonja, Charlie and Donna flew in from the other side of the country. I met them at BJ's for our "Rehearsal Dinner" ha! Check out that picture:
They then came back to the house for a little while and hung out with me as my last night as a Miss!! KJ finally got off work and got to hang out for a lil bit also, then they headed to their hotel. A few hours later my sister Eliz & her bf, Jay, got here and a couple hours after them Mom, Pat, my baby sis, and my grandma! We had people coming in all night- it was so much fun! Mom, Pat & my baby sis Aud got my room, Cissie (my gma) got a guest room, Bubs (Elizabeth) and I shared a room and the men K & Jay got the living room. We had a full house and I got used to that this weekend, it really was a BLAST!!

Friday morning I woke up kinda early even thought I didn't want to really but that's okay, I got to talk to one of my best friends that morning :). Eliz and I went and got pedi's while KJ was with his fam, Jay and Pat were running errands for us, getting drinks and such lined up for the "reception" and doing random things I needed- man they were great! Mom and Cissie and Audrey prepared my house and Donna & Sonja ran errands (that I didn't know they were doing at the time- sneaky little things!) and fixed me a gorgeous bouquet of flowers! and a garter as well as my "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a penny for my shoe!" I was so glad they did all of that! It made the pics gorgeous!

Finally around 3:40pm we all headed up to the courthouse and was met by my great friend Janna who took lots of AMAZING pictures and even video taped the ceremony for us! (Such a God-send!) K and I handed over our marriage license to the judge and made a slight change of plans- we had planned on getting married outside on the lawn by the courthouse but ended up doing it in the courtroom because the judge suggested that outdoors may have been too noisy. The ceremony was beautiful and went on without any complications and he finally got to kiss his bride!

We then took some pictures outside the courthouse and then took the party to Green House in Denton for a nice dinner! We enjoyed the fellowship of each other!

When our tummies were filled we moved the party back to our house for the reception. We got to cut our cake, drink champagne and open some cards and gifts from our family and friends and even tossed the garter and bouquet! It was such a joyous occasion!!

Some little sneakers got my car out of the garage and totally mutilated it :) I loooved it!

K & I made our quick escape in this mess and took off to our hiding place for the night! We stayed in a really nice hotel in Plano, TX called NYLO Hotel.

Saturday morning we took it easy, hung out at the hotel, had breakfast there, and met everyone for lunch around 2pm at Denton County Burger off the square- I hiiiighly recommend it to everyone! It is a great burger! We hung out and some of the family started to trickle away. Those that stayed around came back to my house and my cousins who came in Friday afternoon went with my dad and bought me 2 trees and all the men planted them in our backyard! That was part of their wedding gift to me! They look wonderful and really dress up the backyard!

(By the way, I think the Poop Seed trees are dead... but I dont wanna talk about it :( ha!)

While the men were planing the trees the women went shopping- Cissie bought me some new patio furniture! For dinner we ordered Chick-fil-A party trays and vegged watching movies and playing games and cards. I think everyone had a great time, I know that I did. As the night got moved along K and I took our escape again and spent the night out.

Sunday morning everyone that was around went to church together at The Village where K and I go to church and where I have been going for 2 years. We went as a group to McAllisters for lunch and then took a ride down the road for some Yogurtland! WAHOO!!! It was soooo good! ha! I had to send off my clan from the east coast so they could catch their flight and the rest of us went back to our house. K & Pat put the patio furniture together- It is reallly nice- a table and 6 chairs! They did a wonderful job! Pics to come soon, I do not think I took a picture of that yet.

Monday was a very chill day, laying around enjoying the company of the last little bit of family that was still around. They left later in the afternoon and I was swept by a great sadness when we no longer had a "full house." K was so good to me and cheered me up and we went and got our free Chick-fil-A sandwiches for Labor Day. (I think so far I have eaten CFA 3 times in this blog post so far, and I'm not done yet.) ha! We came home and started tackling some Thank You cards. We spent part of the night making our personalized Return Address labels that now have my new last name on there. WOW! Its so crazy to see that in print! :) I love it though!

So today, for most, was back to the grind. K had to go to work, all the family was gone, and here I am left with an empty house. I am so blessed to have an amazing friend who came over for the day and we caught up on the events of the weekend and life. I <3>

So here I am still trying to take in all of the events of this weekend! As K and I were sitting around after everyone left yesterday I was blown away by how LOVED and BLESSED I felt this weekend. We talked about how much everyone contributed to us and how incredibly blessed we are to have people like YOU in our lives. Seriously, it brought tears to my eyes just thinking of all the little things that you all did to make our day special. And the fact that EVERY single person that came had to travel LONG and FAR distances! It means so much to us that you all would want to be a part of our big day/ weekend! I can not tell you how much we appreciate all the prayers that you all constantly lay over us. I am overcome with joy, pure joy, it is the best feeling in the world. I hope you all know how much WE LOVE YOU!

no cup of tea, more like a cup of milk...

Today I got to spend some time with my fiance and then he had to leave for work :(. Good news is I got to hang out with my dear friend Lori!! We had a blast running errands and shopping together. We always seem to have so much fun!!! She was patient with me as I finally found some needed items for the big day! oh nine oh four oh nine! :-P

Got to meet with the fiance for dinner on his "lunch" break and we had a wonderful dinner. And finally around 10:15 pm he got off!

(We just finished our ceremony) wheph!!! okay so I had no idea how much time it would really take us to write our wedding ceremony but let me just tell you its not a cup of tea haha more like a cup of... milk? much thicker (weighty) and pours slower (than a cup of tea). haha that may have been a stretch but yes, I went there. Everyone keeps telling me to soak it all in... and let me just tell you, I really am trying but I'm not sure I am the best sponge, I don't know how it works. I am loving every minute of my life but is that enough? Luckily for me I get the JOY and privilege of marrying my amazing man TWICE! ooooh yeaaaa! you heard me right :) I'm lovin it!

I must admit right now I am a bit tired and maybe even a little delirious- which could make for a quirky blog entry tonight, but I refuse to let any of you down another night without writing.

Did I tell you KJ got his ring Saturday!?! ( I really can't remember if I already blogged on this or not ha!) We got up early Saturday morning just to go to the post office to pick it up. I think he likes it... you look at this face when he was opening the package and you and tell me :)

Also, here is a picture of his actual ring--

OH! can I vent for just a minute? So yesterday I go to take K dinner at work and am gone less than an hour and come back to LITERALLY HUNDREDS of ants invading the kitchen!! It was discusting and I was so mad and frustrated that I couldn't even find the bug spray- so remembering what my great friend flash told me- I broke out the windex- almost a fourth of the bottle at that. It killed them alright, but it was a very sloooow process but they continued to crawl all over the walls, counters, and floors until they finally died and that just made me even more mad. I finally found the bug spray and added that to all the windex puddles I had already made, thank God there was no explosion... it sure did fizz a lot -- check out the picture--

DEAD now! suckers! (but my kitchen is a wreck- and the oven is still pulled away from the wall ha!) Also, luckily I managed to escape any bites from these stupid fire ants, thank you God!

So yea, we both have our rings, both have our outfits (well I'm still sorta working on accessor-ising mine ha!), K's mom has graciously volunteered to bake a cake for us. She makes some very pretty, yummy cakes, let me tell you! But yes... everything is coming right along! Luckily KJ is off work for the next few days so we can work together on some fun things... like planting some flowers for our soon to be arriving guests. I think we finally have a great place picked out for dinner as well.

Not much else to report on... except that we are VERY EXCITED that we will get to see our family soon!!! YAY!!

looking forward to being my loves wife!

"A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendships, all the enjoyment of sense and reason - and indeed all the sweets of life. - Joseph Addison

So the other night... when I was making dinner and the sort, it occurred to me how much I can't wait to be a wife to my amazing man! I love cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry. That may seem odd especially since I strongly dislike all of those things when I am doing them for myself. But now doing those types of things (for us) bring great pleasure and joy to me! How odd is that... I tell you... it seems like getting married might just make you a crazy person who does crazy things. But all in all, I mean just look at him, there's everything about him to love!!
Unfortunately, yesterday was a bit of a stressful day for the both of us. I realized a lot and learned a lot from the events. I learned how much I really do love him, and how much I hate when we are upset with each other and upset at all. I think the wedding planning events can get a little out of hand sometimes and tend to throw things out of perspective but now that we are past that we are both stronger and learning more about each other all the time. All of that to say, "I don't know how or why but I love him more everyday." (click on the link then play the song "Who I Am")
So today the FI went to talk to someone about getting a job and was hired on the spot! (YAY!) For a happy celebration meal we took it to On The Border and enjoyed a tasty lunch. We were hoping to get our rings today but they arent here... yet. Hopefully tomorrow or Monday. I am so excited about getting them and so is he, he ran to the door today when the mailman made his pass, but sadly, nothing. I can not wait to see my ring creation for the first time!
Today we ran some errands and have had nothing less of a wonderful day enjoying each others company!
I really can NOT wait to be married to this wonderful man who I used to only know in my dreams!!